Finally finished the latest installment of Main Gundam series and gotta say this one is easily one of the weaker Gundam series out there along with G-Reco and Age. Witch from Mercury pretty much become the victim of Gundam IP success as high expectations from many stakeholders which more often than not conflict each other end up making this series a wasted potential. Theoretically WFM could have been another successful Gundam series but given the mismanagement of the story pieces cause this series have to be ended prematurely.
Taking the Post War setting where major conflict where Gundams were used to spread terror has recently concluded, Witch from Mars tried to deliver different sort of story in Gundam Universe with High School setting attempting to cater Gen-Z and Alpha audience. However the attempts ended up miserably because it alienates the existing Gundam Fanbase way too much especially with the Yuri crap they try to shove in. As a result WFM storyline is a pure mess despite the high production value while the Model Kits are relatively successful just as Bandai wanted. From the beginning right until the end, I never able to like the Main characters; Suletta and Miorine due to their poor writing and end up rooting for supporting Charas like Guel and Elan 5 who doesn't get the opportunity to shine even better due to the timeslot limitation. All we have in Witch from Mercury are bad angsty Teen dramas that just don't make good material for Gundam series. In any case given the blunder of WFM, I will just hope the next Gundam series will able to have some decent storyline and learn from its predecessor mistake.
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